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Last chance: ASA statement on p-values webinar (April 11)

  • 1.  Last chance: ASA statement on p-values webinar (April 11)

    Posted 03-26-2025 10:31

    The Wisconsin Chapter of the American Statistical Association and Division of Biostatistics at Medical College of Wisconsin invite you to the chapter's 2025 Annual Meeting, which will be held on Friday April 11 at the Medical College of Wisconsin. This year's annual meeting will be held in a hybrid format and will feature talks by Sanjib Basu and Wes Johnson with a keynote address by Jim Berger. 

    Program: 

    • 12:30pm - 1:00pm: Registration
    • 1:00pm - 1:05pm: Introductory remarks
    • 1:05pm - 2:05pm: "Hypothesis testing, model selection, and some Bayesian perspectives" by Sanjib Basu
    • 2:05pm - 3:05pm: "Bayesian alternatives to p-values;  not perfect, but not a disaster" by Wes Johnson
    • 3:05pm - 3:30pm: Social Break
    • 3:30pm - 4:30pm: "Counterexamples relevant to understanding p-values" by Jim Berger (keynote)
    • 4:30pm - 5:00: Q&A with panel of speakers

    Location: This event will be held on the MCW campus in the Medical Education Building, Room M1060: The Alumni Center. The address is 8701 Watertown Plank Rd, Wauwatosa WI 53226. The closest parking lot is X-70 (Google Maps link here). The talks will also be broadcast over Zoom.

    Registration instructions: 
    The registration fees are $20 to participate in-person (students are free in-person: register for parking) and $10 to participate over Zoom (a link will be shared a few days before the meeting). To register, please fill out the form: forms.gle/EJYyK5YHkUj2hM8s5

    Please use Zelle to send payments to asawisconsinchapter@gmail.com (see here for instructions; Zelle is available to customers of most major banks including BMO, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and many more). 

    Questions: If you have any questions about the meeting or about the registration fees, please email the Chapter Secretary (Sameer Deshpande; sameer.deshpande@wisc.edu)



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    Rodney Sparapani, Associate Professor of Biostatistics
    President for the Wisconsin Chapter of the ASA
    Data Science Institute, Division of Biostatistics
    Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Campus
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